Three million years later, Buchan was revived, or at least his scientific knowledge, in an illegalMind Patch with the hologramRimmer, as well as that of McQueen's mathematical knowledge. The Mind Patch was performed by Kryten to help Rimmer become intelligent enough to join the Enlightenment.

Although the plan initially worked, Rimmer's mind eventually rejected the two vastly superior intellects. ("Holoship", Series V)